Inspiration! 13 Stunning Macro Video Projects

Running a gamut of themes and subjects, each of these impressive projects takes their focus to a microscopic level!

We’ve rounded up the very best macro videos to inspire and amaze! Using professional photography gear and a creative approach, each of these macro video projects offers a distinct take on that shooting perspective.

Austrian motion designer Clemens Wirth shook up the digital macro videography style with his Macro Kingdom video series. Each of the Macro Kingdom videos effectively combine organic images with unique typography motion tracked to the footage. Clemens used a Canon 5D Mark III equipped with speciality mp-e 65mm & 100mm macro lenses to obtain the unique perspective. With his latest project, Micro Empire, he substitued the lenses for a microscopic (with a speciality adaptor) to get an almost surreal look at microscopic life. Each of these macro video projects is supported by stellar sound design work by London based Radium Audio.

Macro photography may get a bad rep for being a genre replete with bug videos, but this fresh video offers a unique take on that subject matter, artfully combining visual effects with live video. Interesting music choice and excellent color grading.

Experimental video comibines gritty, industrial macro video with lens flares, particles and other digital effects. There’s not much information avaliable about this surreal video, but it would definitely make a great TV show or film opener!